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This page shows all backlinks from tiny icon of atlanticcouncil Atlantic Council to tiny icon of csis CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies).

Total backlinks found: 214 (Recent: 111, Other: 103)
Recent Backlinks (2022+)
May 23, 2025
Beyond critical minerals: Capitalizing on the DRC’s vast opportunities
Cites: China Imposes Its Most Stringent Critical Minerals Export Restrictions Yet Amidst Escalating U.S.-China Tech War (2024)
May 20, 2025
Unpacking Russia’s cyber nesting doll
Cites: Cyber War and Ukraine (2022)
Apr 29, 2025
The United States needs a victory plan for the Indo-Pacific
Cites: The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (2023)
Apr 25, 2025
One hundred days of Trump’s Middle East policy: money, mediation, and military force
Cites: Dahlia Scheindlin: Israel’s Political Turmoil (2025)
Apr 24, 2025
Defending Taiwan means mobilizing society, not just the military
Cites: Strengthening Resilience in Taiwan (2024)
Apr 24, 2025
Can Russia’s defense sector break through in the Gulf?
Cites: Cyber Operations during the Russo-Ukrainian War (2023)
Apr 21, 2025
Fast payments in action: Emerging lessons from Brazil and India
Cites: Uptake, Use, and Inclusion Gains from Fast Payment Systems: Early Comparative Data (2024)
Apr 16, 2025
Navigating the US-PRC tech competition in the Global South
Cites: China’s Smart Cities in Africa: Should the United States Be Concerned? (2024)
Apr 11, 2025
Cradle of violence: How criminal networks are winning Ecuador’s youth and threatening Latin America’s future
Cites: In the Eye of the Storm: Ecuador’s Compounding Crises (2024)
Apr 11, 2025
Cradle of violence: How criminal networks are winning Ecuador’s youth and threatening Latin America’s future
Cites: Why Ecuador’s Security Crisis Demands Global Action (2024)
Mar 27, 2025
Canada needs an economic statecraft strategy to address its vulnerabilities
Cites: Canadian Tariffs Will Undermine U.S. Minerals Security (2025)
Mar 24, 2025
How Beijing uses inducements as a tool of economic statecraft
Cites: CCP Inc. in Greece: State Grid and China’s Role in the Greek Energy Sector (2022)
Mar 24, 2025
How Beijing uses inducements as a tool of economic statecraft
Cites: CCP Inc.: The Reshaping of China's State Capitalist System (2023)
Mar 24, 2025
How Beijing uses inducements as a tool of economic statecraft
Cites: Deny, Deflect, Deter: Countering China's Economic Coercion (2023)
Mar 24, 2025
How Beijing uses inducements as a tool of economic statecraft
Cites: The Evolution of Chinese Engagement with the Dominican Republic (2023)
Mar 21, 2025
China’s exploitation of overseas ports and bases
Cites: No Place to Hide: A Look into China’s Geosynchronous Surveillance Capabilities (2024)
Mar 17, 2025
To improve its Sahel policy, the US must update four assumptions
Cites: Base Development in Mali Indicates Continued Russian Involvement (2024)
Mar 7, 2025
Former US Senator Rob Portman: How to achieve a successful cease-fire and lasting peace in Ukraine
Cites: Breaking Down the U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal (2025)
Mar 3, 2025
The art of the transatlantic deal
Cites: EU Methane Rules: Impact for Global LNG Exporters (2024)
Feb 3, 2025
If the MENA region wants to unlock its youth potential, it should look to sports
Cites: Youth Arts and Sports: Underutilized Tools in International Stability Efforts (2023)
Jan 31, 2025
What to expect from Rubio’s trip to Central America and the Caribbean
Cites: From Bad to Worse: The Xiomara Castro Administration Begins to Weaponize the Honduran State (2024)
Jan 29, 2025
The West must study the success of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces
Cites: Seizing the Initiative in Ukraine: Waging War in a Defense Dominant World (2023)
Jan 29, 2025
The West must study the success of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces
Cites: How Ukraine Rebuilt Its Military Acquisition System Around Commercial Technology (2025)
Jan 28, 2025
What DeepSeek’s breakthrough says (and doesn’t say) about the ‘AI race’ with China
Cites: In Chip Race, China Gives Huawei the Steering Wheel: Huawei’s New Smartphone and the Future of Semiconductor Export Controls (2023)
Jan 4, 2025
‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense
Cites: Project Atom 2023 (2023)
Jan 4, 2025
‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense
Cites: North Korea Warns with Fifth ICBM Test (2023)
Jan 4, 2025
‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense
Cites: Boost-Phase Missile Defense (2022)
Jan 4, 2025
‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense
Cites: North America Is a Region, Too (2022)
Jan 4, 2025
‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense
Cites: Getting on Track: Space and Airborne Sensors for Hypersonic Missile Defense (2023)
Dec 20, 2024
A policy blueprint for the Trump administration’s outbound investment screening regime
Cites: Improved Export Controls Enforcement Technology Needed for U.S. National Security (2022)
Dec 17, 2024
Nicaragua is consolidating an authoritarian dynasty. Here’s how US economic pressure can counter it.
Cites: Russia in the Western Hemisphere: Assessing Putin's Malign Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean (2022)
Dec 17, 2024
Sudan is caught in a web of external interference. So why is an international response still lacking?
Cites: How Does the Conflict in Sudan Affect Russia and the Wagner Group? (2023)
Dec 6, 2024
Ukraine faces its most perilous winter yet
Cites: Victory in Ukraine Starts with Addressing Five Strategic Problems (2024)
Nov 26, 2024
The US won’t gain a lead in the competition for Africa’s critical minerals without innovation
Cites: A Window of Opportunity to Build Critical Mineral Security in Africa (2023)
Nov 25, 2024
Why Morocco could see its importance to Washington rise during Trump 2.0
Cites: Morocco, an Unexpected Winner of China’s Strategy to Circumvent the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (2024)
Nov 12, 2024
Avoiding entanglement: G20 responses in a Taiwan crisis
Cites: The Great Balancing Act: Lula in China and the Future of U.S.-Brazil Relations (2023)
Nov 6, 2024
Donald Trump just won the presidency. Our experts answer the big questions about what that means for America’s role in the world.
Cites: The U.S. EXIM Bank in an Age of Great Power Competition (2024)
Nov 5, 2024
Nuclear weapons on the battlefield are a growing risk. US and allied militaries should prepare now.
Cites: Conventional-Nuclear Integration to Strengthen Deterrence (2023)
Nov 5, 2024
Nuclear weapons on the battlefield are a growing risk. US and allied militaries should prepare now.
Cites: Russian Nuclear Calibration in the War in Ukraine (2024)
Nov 1, 2024
NATO needs a defense industrial strategy that prioritizes being strong, smart, and together
Cites: China Outpacing U.S. Defense Industrial Base (2024)
Oct 30, 2024
In defense of Draghi’s defense idea: Three models for a centralized defense procurer for the EU
Cites: Solving Europe’s Defense Dilemma: Overcoming the Challenges to European Defense Cooperation (2023)
Oct 17, 2024
In a war against China, the US could quickly exhaust its weapons. A new Indo-Pacific defense initiative might be the answer.
Cites: The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (2023)
Oct 9, 2024
End of the line: The cost of faltering reforms
Cites: Grasping Shadows: The Politics of China’s Deleveraging Campaign (2023)
Oct 1, 2024
Russia’s war on Ukraine: Moscow’s pressure points and US strategic opportunities
Cites: The Defense Industrial Implications of Putin’s Appointment of Andrey Belousov as Minister of Defense (2024)
Oct 1, 2024
Russia’s war on Ukraine: Moscow’s pressure points and US strategic opportunities
Cites: Back in Stock? The State of Russia's Defense Industry after Two Years of the War (2024)
Sep 19, 2024
The Sudan crisis has become a magnet for foreign malign influence and strategic corruption
Cites: How Does the Conflict in Sudan Affect Russia and the Wagner Group? (2023)
Sep 12, 2024
After Venezuela’s stolen election, here’s how the US should craft an effective sanctions policy
Cites: The Persistence of the Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee Crisis (2023)
Sep 10, 2024
Russian and Chinese strategic missile defense: Doctrine, capabilities, and development
Cites: Getting on Track: Space and Airborne Sensors for Hypersonic Missile Defense (2023)
Sep 4, 2024
Forging the 5G future: Strategic imperatives for the US and its allies
Cites: Modernizing Spectrum Allocation to Ensure U.S. Security in the Twenty-First Century (2023)
Aug 29, 2024
Which side will Arabs take in an Iran-Israel war?
Cites: Assessing Israel’s Strike on Iran (2024)
Aug 22, 2024
Geopolitics looms large as Pacific Islands leaders prepare to gather in Tonga
Cites: Safeguarding Subsea Cables: Protecting Cyber Infrastructure amid Great Power Competition (2024)
Aug 13, 2024
From the Pentagon to the Philippines, integrating deterrence in the Indo-Pacific
Cites: The U.S. Joint Chiefs New Strategy Paper on Joint Concept for Competing (2023)
Aug 9, 2024
What attacks on shipping mean for the global maritime order
Cites: Cost and Value in Air and Missile Defense Intercepts (2024)
Aug 6, 2024
The Great IT Outage of 2024 is a wake-up call about digital public infrastructure
Cites: Advancing Digital Transformation and Digital Public Infrastructure: The Role of the Private Sector (2024)
Jul 19, 2024
How to institutionalize NATO’s cooperation with its closest Pacific partners
Cites: A Reimagined G7 (2024)
Jul 15, 2024
Modernizing space-based nuclear command, control, and communications
Cites: Getting on Track: Space and Airborne Sensors for Hypersonic Missile Defense (2023)
Jul 8, 2024
Turkey’s emerging and disruptive technologies capacity and NATO: Defense policy, prospects, and limitations
Cites: Algorithmic Stability: How AI Could Shape the Future of Deterrence (2024)
Jul 1, 2024
From greenfield projects to green supply chains: Critical minerals in Africa as an investment challenge
Cites: Prospects for U.S. Minerals Engagement with Africa (2023)
Jun 26, 2024
China and the US both want to ‘friendshore’ in Vietnam
Cites: Vietnam: Biden Anoints a New Trusted Tech Partner (2023)
Jun 20, 2024
Rethinking the NATO burden-sharing debate
Cites: From Burden Sharing to Responsibility Sharing (2023)
Jun 14, 2024
Think China can already take Taiwan easily? Think again.
Cites: Russia’s Ill-Fated Invasion of Ukraine: Lessons in Modern Warfare (2022)
Jun 14, 2024
Think China can already take Taiwan easily? Think again.
Cites: The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (2023)
May 2, 2024
Understanding the plan to create a $50 billion Ukraine bond from Russia’s blocked assets
Cites: What Is in the Ukraine Aid Package, and What Does it Mean for the Future of the War? (2024)
Apr 12, 2024
Global China Newsletter – Risky Business: The Challenge of Reducing Dependencies on China
Cites: The Next Five Years of the DFC: Ten Recommendations to Revamp the Agency (2023)
Apr 5, 2024
Accelerating transatlantic defense innovation in an era of strategic competition
Cites: Is ITAR Working in an Era of Great Power Competition? (2023)
Apr 3, 2024
In the Pacific Islands, US delay is an invitation for China to step in
Cites: The Next Five Years of the DFC: Ten Recommendations to Revamp the Agency (2023)
Apr 2, 2024
US ratification of the ocean treaty will unlock deep sea mining
Cites: Red Sea Cable Damage Reveals Soft Underbelly of Global Economy (2024)
Apr 1, 2024
Retaliation and resistance: China’s economic statecraft in a Taiwan crisis
Cites: Sanctions, SWIFT, and China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payments System (2022)
Apr 1, 2024
Retaliation and resistance: China’s economic statecraft in a Taiwan crisis
Cites: It’s All about Networking: The Limits of Renminbi Internationalization (2023)
Mar 19, 2024
There will be no ‘short, sharp’ war. A fight between the US and China would likely go on for years.
Cites: The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (2023)
Mar 5, 2024
The Ukraine-Turkey defense partnership with the potential to transform Black Sea and Euro-Atlantic security
Cites: Assessing the War in Ukraine (2024)
Feb 21, 2024
NATO multidomain operations: Near- and medium-term priority initiatives
Cites: Ukrainian Innovation in a War of Attrition (2023)
Feb 12, 2024
China and Russia engage Latin America and the Caribbean differently. Both threaten US interests.
Cites: What Does Russia’s War in Ukraine Mean for Latin America and the Caribbean? (2022)
Jan 5, 2024
Overstretched and undersupplied: Can the US afford its global security blanket?
Cites: Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment: The Challenge to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (2023)
Dec 20, 2023
Evolving cooperative security approaches for tomorrow’s realities
Cites: Rebuilding U.S. Inventories: Six Critical Systems (2023)
Dec 15, 2023
A security strategy for the Black Sea
Cites: Russia, Ukraine, and Global Food Security: A One-Year Assessment (2023)
Nov 13, 2023
This job post will get you kidnapped: A deadly cycle of crime, cyberscams, and civil war in Myanmar
Cites: News from the Front: Observations from Myanmar’s Revolutionary Forces (2022)
Nov 13, 2023
This job post will get you kidnapped: A deadly cycle of crime, cyberscams, and civil war in Myanmar
Cites: Is Myanmar’s Military on Its Last Legs? (2022)
Nov 1, 2023
Russia Sanctions Database: November 2023
Cites: Russia’s Ill-Fated Invasion of Ukraine: Lessons in Modern Warfare (2022)
Oct 27, 2023
NATO’s greatest advantage over adversaries is its network of allies and industry partners. Here’s how to use it.
Cites: Is ITAR Working in an Era of Great Power Competition? (2023)
Oct 18, 2023
Peacemaking can follow the Israel-Hamas war. History shows it.
Cites: Biden’s Efforts to Bring Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords (2023)
Oct 13, 2023
Where do US Army special operations fit in a world of strategic competition?
Cites: The U.S. Joint Chiefs New Strategy Paper on Joint Concept for Competing (2023)
Oct 12, 2023
How the US can build better strategic partnerships in Africa to secure critical minerals
Cites: Prospects for U.S. Minerals Engagement with Africa (2023)
Oct 10, 2023
The case for investing in Ukraine’s energy future
Cites: Corruption and Private Sector Investment in Ukraine’s Reconstruction (2022)
Oct 10, 2023
The case for investing in Ukraine’s energy future
Cites: Ukraine’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Ecosystem: An Engine of Economic Growth (2023)
Oct 5, 2023
By the numbers: Here’s how turmoil in Congress could impact US aid to Ukraine
Cites: The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Assistance to Ukraine: A Deep Dive into the Data (2023)
Sep 20, 2023
The US, EU, and UK need a shared approach to economic statecraft. Here’s where to start.
Cites: Improved Export Controls Enforcement Technology Needed for U.S. National Security (2022)
Sep 20, 2023
The US, EU, and UK need a shared approach to economic statecraft. Here’s where to start.
Cites: It’s All about Networking: The Limits of Renminbi Internationalization (2023)
Aug 23, 2023
The case for seizing Putin regime assets
Cites: Russia, Ukraine, and Global Food Security: A One-Year Assessment (2023)
Aug 22, 2023
Americans’ support for helping Ukraine remains strong. Just look at the polls.
Cites: Aid to Ukraine: The Administration Requests More Money and Faces Political Battles Ahead (2023)
Aug 17, 2023
The Levinson Act means all Americans must return home—not just citizens
Cites: Just Call Them Hostages (2023)
Aug 1, 2023
The United States needs its own strategic ‘turning point’ in Europe
Cites: Indispensable: NATO’s Framework Nations Concept beyond Madrid (2022)
Jun 21, 2023
Sanctioning China in a Taiwan crisis: Scenarios and risks
Cites: The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (2023)
Jun 21, 2023
Sanctioning China in a Taiwan crisis: Scenarios and risks
Cites: It’s All about Networking: The Limits of Renminbi Internationalization (2023)
Jun 21, 2023
Sanctioning China in a Taiwan crisis: Scenarios and risks
Cites: Shadow Risk: What Crisis Simulations Reveal about the Dangers of Deferring U.S. Responses to China’s Gray Zone Campaign against Taiwan (2022)
Jun 15, 2023
US-China lessons from Ukraine: Fueling more dangerous Taiwan tensions
Cites: To Deter Beijing, What the United States Says Matters (2023)
Jun 15, 2023
US-China lessons from Ukraine: Fueling more dangerous Taiwan tensions
Cites: A Continent Forged in Crisis: Assessing Europe One Year into the War (2023)
Jun 15, 2023
US-China lessons from Ukraine: Fueling more dangerous Taiwan tensions
Cites: China’s Economic Coercion: Lessons from Lithuania (2022)
Jun 8, 2023
Restocking US and allies’ arsenals starts with getting industry involved at the NATO summit
Cites: Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment: The Challenge to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (2023)
Jun 5, 2023
Investors have been “de-risking” from China for years
Cites: How Inequality Is Undermining China’s Prosperity (2022)
May 31, 2023
Will the debt ceiling deal mean less for homeland security?
Cites: Increasing Flexibility and Responding to Global Challenges within the 150 Account (2022)
Apr 11, 2023
Defining success for NATO’s Vilnius summit: A primer
Cites: Aid to Ukraine Explained in Six Charts (2022)
Feb 28, 2023
To counter the Wagner Group’s presence in Africa, the US will need to prioritize stabilizing Libya
Cites: Tracking the Arrival of Russia’s Wagner Group in Mali (2022)
Feb 27, 2023
A parallel terrain: Public-private defense of the Ukrainian information environment
Cites: Cyber War and Ukraine (2022)
Feb 23, 2023
United States–China semiconductor standoff: A supply chain under stress
Cites: Choking off China’s Access to the Future of AI (2022)
Dec 20, 2022
Taiwan’s engagement with the world: Evaluating past hurdles, present complications, and future prospects
Cites: China’s Economic Coercion: Lessons from Lithuania (2022)
Dec 20, 2022
Taiwan’s engagement with the world: Evaluating past hurdles, present complications, and future prospects
Cites: A Green Wave? (2022)
Oct 27, 2022
Our guide to friend-shoring: Sectors to watch
Cites: Choking off China’s Access to the Future of AI (2022)
Oct 27, 2022
Our guide to friend-shoring: Sectors to watch
Cites: Safeguarding Critical Minerals for the Energy Transition (2022)
Sep 22, 2022
The dollar has some would-be rivals. Meet the challengers.
Cites: Sanctions, SWIFT, and China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payments System (2022)
Jul 25, 2022
Hackers, Hoodies, and Helmets: Technology and the changing face of Russian private military contractors
Cites: Tracking the Arrival of Russia’s Wagner Group in Mali (2022)
Other Backlinks (Pre-2022 or Undated)
May 15, 2025
How South Asia’s ‘swing states’ navigate India-Pakistan tensions
Cites: Game of Loans: How China Bought Hambantota (2018)
May 13, 2025
There is no easy fix for Haiti’s crises. But here’s where the US can start.
Cites: A Policymaker's Guide to the Global Fragility Act (2021)
Apr 16, 2025
Navigating the US-PRC tech competition in the Global South
Cites: Watching Huawei’s “Safe Cities” (2019)
Apr 7, 2025
Why protectionism and market accessibility are now driving international trade
Cites: https://www.csis.org/programs/economics-program-and-scholl-chair-international-business/world-trade-organization
Mar 31, 2025
Western sanctions against Damascus must evolve—Just as Syria has
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/examining-extremism/examining-extremism-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-hts
Mar 27, 2025
Peru’s crime wave: A populist opening or a chance for reform?
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/tough-weak-lenient-powerful#:~:text=Mano%20dura%20is%20defined%20by,gang%20violence%20and%20criminal%20activity.
Mar 25, 2025
After proxies and nuclear program threats, Iran may turn to terror abroad
Cites: War by Proxy: Iran’s Growing Footprint in the Middle East (2019)
Mar 24, 2025
How Beijing uses inducements as a tool of economic statecraft
Cites: Corruption Flows Along China’s Belt and Road (2019)
Mar 24, 2025
How Beijing uses inducements as a tool of economic statecraft
Cites: The New Southbound Policy (2018)
Mar 20, 2025
A lifeline under threat: Why the Suez Canal’s security matters for the world
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/global-economic-consequences-attacks-red-sea-shipping-lanes#:~:text=Q1%3A%20Why%20are%20the%20Houthis,lanes%20in%20the%20Red%20Sea
Mar 20, 2025
A lifeline under threat: Why the Suez Canal’s security matters for the world
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/global-economic-consequences-attacks-red-sea-shipping-lanes#:~:text=A2%3A%20The%20significantly%20heightened%20risk,voyages%20transiting%20the%20Red%20Sea
Mar 20, 2025
A lifeline under threat: Why the Suez Canal’s security matters for the world
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/global-economic-consequences-attacks-red-sea-shipping-lanes#:~:text=trips%20to%20and%20from%20Israel,voyages%20transiting%20the%20Red%20Sea
Mar 19, 2025
As Chinese EVs threaten to overrun Europe, Germany should ramp up supply-chain investment
Cites: Hidden Harbors: China’s State-backed Shipping Industry (2020)
Mar 19, 2025
As Chinese EVs threaten to overrun Europe, Germany should ramp up supply-chain investment
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/trustee-china-hand/chinese-ev-dilemma-subsidized-yet-striking
Mar 13, 2025
What airstrikes in Somalia show about the war on terror
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/examining-extremism/examining-extremism-jamaat-nasr-al-islam-wal-muslimin
Mar 13, 2025
What airstrikes in Somalia show about the war on terror
Cites: DoD’s Report on the Investigation into the 2017 Ambush in Niger (2018)
Mar 7, 2025
The US can reduce Russia’s nuclear energy—and geopolitical—influence
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/reintroducing-concessional-loans-development-toolbox#:~:text=Concessional%20loans%20can%20provide%20a,their%20economic%20and%20governance%20frameworks.
Feb 26, 2025
How the Houthis’ strikes on US MQ-9 Reaper drones serve a wider regional agenda
Cites: The Missile War in Yemen (2020)
Jan 10, 2025
To help build the new Syria, the US needs to better understand the Kurds and Arabs of the northeast
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/examining-extremism/examining-extremism-kurdistan-workers-party-pkk
Jan 9, 2025
The US is right to be concerned about China’s influence over the Panama Canal
Cites: Key Decision Point Coming for the Panama Canal (2021)
Jan 4, 2025
‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense
Cites: What is the Significance of North Korea’s Rail-mobile Ballistic Missile Launcher? (2021)
Jan 4, 2025
‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense
Cites: Iran’s Evolving Nuclear Program and Implications for U.S. Policy (2021)
Jan 4, 2025
‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense
Cites: https://www.csis.org/events/missile-defense-and-us-national-security
Dec 6, 2024
What the US-Turkey relationship will look like during Trump 2.0
Cites: Looking Beyond Syria and ISIS: America’s Real Strategic Needs in the Middle East (2019)
Nov 20, 2024
2025 will be a decisive year for Iran’s nuclear program
Cites: Will U.S. Sanctions Snapback Force Iran Out of the NPT? (2020)
Nov 13, 2024
Integrated strategic competition: A new approach to US national security
Cites: America’s Failed Strategy in the Middle East: Losing Iraq and the Gulf (2020)
Oct 17, 2024
In a war against China, the US could quickly exhaust its weapons. A new Indo-Pacific defense initiative might be the answer.
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/can-south-korean-105-millimeter-ammunition-rescue-ukraine#:~:text=Last%20year%2C%20the%20Biden%20administration,dwindling%20stockpiles%20and%20congressional%20inertia.
Oct 11, 2024
Mauritania should mediate in Mali. Here’s how.
Cites: Why Mali Needs a New Peace Deal (2020)
Oct 1, 2024
Russia’s war on Ukraine: Moscow’s pressure points and US strategic opportunities
Cites: Going on the Offensive: A U.S. Strategy to Combat Russian Information Warfare (2018)
Sep 29, 2024
After Nasrallah, three quandaries shape the future of the war—and the Middle East
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/lessons-2006-israeli-hezbollah-war
Sep 20, 2024
The end of Libya’s false stability period
Cites: Erdogan's Libyan Gambit (2020)
Sep 18, 2024
The Sahel is now an epicenter of drug smuggling. That is terrible news for everyone.
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/examining-extremism/examining-extremism-jamaat-nasr-al-islam-wal-muslimin
Sep 13, 2024
Part 4. Turkey’s geopolitical role in the Black Sea and European energy security: From pipelines to liquefied natural gas
Cites: https://www.csis.org/events/kremlin-playbook-understanding-russian-influence-central-and-eastern-europe
Sep 10, 2024
In the age of great power competition, the threat of another 9/11 still looms large
Cites: The Rise of Far-Right Extremism in the United States (2018)
Sep 9, 2024
The strategies driving the players in competition for Africa’s critical minerals
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/window-opportunity-build-critical-mineral-security-africa#:~:text=In%20the%20Democratic%20Republic%20of,a%20Chinese%20one%20in%202020.
Sep 4, 2024
Forging the 5G future: Strategic imperatives for the US and its allies
Cites: The International Telecommunication Union: The Most Important UN Agency You Have Never Heard Of (2020)
Sep 4, 2024
Forging the 5G future: Strategic imperatives for the US and its allies
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/managing-united-states-spectrum-gamble
Jul 30, 2024
To deter Russia, NATO must adapt its nuclear sharing program
Cites: NATO’s Nuclear Policy as Part of a Revitalized Deterrence Strategy (2016)
Jun 27, 2024
Production diplomacy for deterrence, readiness, and resilience in the Indo-Pacific
Cites: https://www.csis.org/events/strengthening-us-industrial-base-hon-dr-william-laplante
Jun 25, 2024
A global strategy to secure UAS supply chains
Cites: Made in China 2025 (2015)
Jun 7, 2024
Reconstructing Ukraine at war: The journey to prosperity starts now
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/setting-record-straight-ukraines-grain-exports#:~:text=Even%20with%20the%20Ukrainian%20corridor's,were%20affected%20by%20Russia's%20invasion.
Jun 7, 2024
Reconstructing Ukraine at war: The journey to prosperity starts now
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/setting-record-straight-ukraines-grain-exports#:~:text=Q2%3A%20Have%20Ukraine's%20agricultural%20exports,ports%20under%20the%20Ukrainian%20corridor.
May 1, 2024
With Africa’s minerals in demand, Russia and the US each offer what the other can’t
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/russia-still-progressing-africa-whats-limit#:~:text=Russia%20also%20invests%20little%20in%20Africa%2C%20representing%20less%20than%201%20percent%20of%20total%20foreign%20direct%20investment%20(FDI)%20going%20to%20the%20continent.
Apr 23, 2024
Mexico’s next president must address violence against women in rural areas
Cites: Femicides in Mexico: Impunity and Protests (2020)
Apr 12, 2024
As Sogavare seeks reelection in the Solomon Islands, China’s influence is on the ballot
Cites: The Deep Roots of the Solomon Islands’ Ongoing Political Crisis (2021)
Apr 11, 2024
Experts react: Biden pursues an ambitious global agenda with Japan and the Philippines. Can they deliver?
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/vital-next-step-us-japan-alliance-command-and-control-modernization#:~:text=Parallel%20but%20Separate%20Chains%20of%20Command
Apr 10, 2024
This aspect of the Biden-Kishida summit will define the military response to an Indo-Pacific crisis
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/vital-next-step-us-japan-alliance-command-and-control-modernization#:~:text=Japan%20Joint%20Operations%20Command
Apr 10, 2024
This aspect of the Biden-Kishida summit will define the military response to an Indo-Pacific crisis
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/vital-next-step-us-japan-alliance-command-and-control-modernization#:~:text=limited%20joint%20operational%20authorities
Apr 10, 2024
This aspect of the Biden-Kishida summit will define the military response to an Indo-Pacific crisis
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/vital-next-step-us-japan-alliance-command-and-control-modernization#:~:text=Parallel%20but%20Separate%20Chains%20of%20Command
Apr 5, 2024
Accelerating transatlantic defense innovation in an era of strategic competition
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/perspectives-innovation/unintended-impacts-us-export-control-regime-us-innovation
Apr 1, 2024
Retaliation and resistance: China’s economic statecraft in a Taiwan crisis
Cites: Credit and Credibility: Risks to China’s Economic Resilience (2018)
Mar 20, 2024
Iran targeted human rights sanctions series: Understanding ‘terrorist organization’ designations in relation to the IRGC
Cites: The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from an Iraqi View – a Lost Role or a Bright Future? (2020)
Feb 26, 2024
The EU needs a more comprehensive plan to aid Ukraine
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/development-dispatch/road-recovery-ukraines-economic-challenges-and-opportunities#:~:text=The%20Ukrainian%20economy%20has%20lost,experienced%20since%20independence%20in%201991.
Feb 21, 2024
NATO multidomain operations: Near- and medium-term priority initiatives
Cites: https://www.csis.org/people/seth-g-jones
Feb 21, 2024
NATO multidomain operations: Near- and medium-term priority initiatives
Cites: https://www.csis.org/people/riley-mccabe
Feb 21, 2024
NATO multidomain operations: Near- and medium-term priority initiatives
Cites: https://www.csis.org/people/alexander-palmer
Feb 21, 2024
Escalating Middle East conflict means North America must bolster global energy security
Cites: The Strategic Threat from Iranian Hybrid Warfare in the Gulf (2019)
Feb 21, 2024
Escalating Middle East conflict means North America must bolster global energy security
Cites: The Iranian and Houthi War against Saudi Arabia (2021)
Feb 12, 2024
The competition for influence in the Americas is now online
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/post-soviet-post/enduring-relationship-russia-love
Feb 12, 2024
China pairs actions with messaging in Latin America. The United States should do the same.
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/trustee-china-hand/evolving-south-american-china-relations-challenges-and-opportunities
Feb 2, 2024
Requirements for nuclear deterrence and arms control in a two-nuclear-peer environment
Cites: https://www.csis.org/people/gregory-weaver
Dec 15, 2023
A security strategy for the Black Sea
Cites: Russia’s “Hybrid Aggression” against Georgia: The Use of Local and External Tools (2021)
Dec 14, 2023
China is fixed on discrediting the US on Gaza War. But this policy lacks credibility and will likely fail.
Cites: https://www.csis.org/events/egypt-and-war-gaza-conversation-egyptian-foreign-minister-sameh-shoukry
Dec 11, 2023
China’s manufacturing overcapacity threatens global green goods trade
Cites: By Other Means Part II: Case Study for First Solar, 2006-2012 (2019)
Nov 22, 2023
The role of nuclear weapons in a Taiwan crisis
Cites: https://www.csis.org/people/gregory-weaver
Nov 17, 2023
Relying on old enemies: The challenge of Taiwan’s economic ties to China
Cites: https://www.csis.org/ analysis/new-southbound-policy#:~:text=The%20Guidelines%20for%20the%20New,dialogues%2C%20and%20to%20
Oct 13, 2023
Where do US Army special operations fit in a world of strategic competition?
Cites: By Other Means Part I: Campaigning in the Gray Zone (2019)
Oct 9, 2023
The Bretton Woods institutions under geopolitical fragmentation
Cites: Connecting the Blue Dots (2020)
Oct 9, 2023
How the IMF can navigate great power rivalry
Cites: https://www.csis.org/programs/scholl-chair-international-business/world-trade-organization-appellate-body-crisis
Sep 20, 2023
The US, EU, and UK need a shared approach to economic statecraft. Here’s where to start.
Cites: https://www.csis.org/events/book-event-daniel-mcdowells-bucking-buck-us-financial-sanctions-international-backlash
Sep 20, 2023
The US, EU, and UK need a shared approach to economic statecraft. Here’s where to start.
Cites: Competing to Win: A Coalition Approach to Countering the BRI (2019)
Sep 20, 2023
The US, EU, and UK need a shared approach to economic statecraft. Here’s where to start.
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/perspectives-innovation/key-differences-remain-between-us-and-japanese-advanced-semiconductor
Aug 18, 2023
Experts react: The US-Japan-South Korea summit was ‘historic.’ But what did it accomplish?
Cites: U.S.–Southeast Asia Trade Relations in an Age of Disruption (2019)
Aug 8, 2023
China and India are at odds over BRICS expansion
Cites: https://www.csis.org/events/xis-new-global-development-initiative
Jun 29, 2023
Maximizing US foreign aid for strategic competition
Cites: U.S. Foreign Assistance in the Age of Strategic Competition (2020)
Jun 21, 2023
Sanctioning China in a Taiwan crisis: Scenarios and risks
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/trustee-china-hand/chinas-comac-aerospace-minor-leaguer
Jun 16, 2023
How the international community can help Iraq on a path toward democratic stability
Cites: Correcting America’s Grand Strategic Failures in Iraq (2021)
Jun 12, 2023
What’s really behind plans for a NATO office in Japan
Cites: https://www.csis.org/events/assessing-future-trajectory-china-japan-relations
Jun 8, 2023
Operationalizing integrated deterrence: Applying joint force targeting across the competition continuum
Cites: https://www.csis.org/people/james-e-cartwright
May 22, 2023
India’s geopolitical rise in context: Regional implications
Cites: Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Maritime Militia (2021)
May 20, 2023
How dependent is too dependent on China? Central Asia may soon find out.
Cites: The Rise of China-Europe Railways (2018)
May 1, 2023
China’s wind industrial policy “succeeded” – but at what cost?
Cites: Hidden Harbors: China’s State-backed Shipping Industry (2020)
Apr 21, 2023
Is Saudi-Iran reconciliation threatening the future of Israeli normalization?
Cites: War by Proxy: Iran’s Growing Footprint in the Middle East (2019)
Mar 9, 2023
With Pakistan’s economy in freefall, Chinese economic and military influence is likely to grow in the country
Cites: Game of Loans: How China Bought Hambantota (2018)
Mar 7, 2023
Fractured foundations: Assessing risks to Hong Kong’s business environment
Cites: Ideological Security as National Security (2020)
Feb 28, 2023
To counter the Wagner Group’s presence in Africa, the US will need to prioritize stabilizing Libya
Cites: Moscow’s Next Front: Russia’s Expanding Military Footprint in Libya (2020)
Feb 28, 2023
To counter the Wagner Group’s presence in Africa, the US will need to prioritize stabilizing Libya
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/post-soviet-post/exploiting-chaos-russia-libya
Feb 15, 2023
Full throttle in neutral: China’s new security architecture for the Middle East
Cites: Hidden Harbors: China’s State-backed Shipping Industry (2020)
Feb 8, 2023
Avoiding the success trap: Toward policy for open-source software as infrastructure
Cites: https://www.csis.org/programs/strategic-technologies-program/government-open-source-software-policies
Jan 20, 2023
China and the new globalization
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/trustee-china-hand/fortune-favors-state-owned-three-years-chinese-dominance-global-500-list
Jan 13, 2023
No ‘pivot’ needed: The US can secure Europe and Asia at the same time
Cites: The Changing Nature and Implications of Russian Military Transfers to China (2021)
Nov 10, 2022
Will Xi take a new economic direction? China has trillions at stake.
Cites: https://www.csis.org/programs/chinese-business-and-economics/chinas-stalled-aircraft-dreams
Nov 5, 2022
Strengthening deterrence with SLCM-N
Cites: https://www.csis.org/people/robert-soofer
Oct 20, 2022
US missile defense can put a stop to the Middle East arms race
Cites: The Strategic Implications of the Strikes on Saudi Arabia (2019)
Oct 11, 2022
Taiwan shows how winning the semiconductor race takes more than money
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/perspectives-innovation/taiwans-semiconductor-dominance-implications-cross-strait-relations
Sep 22, 2022
The dollar has some would-be rivals. Meet the challengers.
Cites: https://www.csis.org/analysis/sanctions-swift-and-chinas-cross-border-interbank-payments-system#:~:text=China%2C%20despite%20having%20concern%20about,foreign%20bank%20branches%20and%20subsidiaries.
Sep 1, 2022
To re-engage in the Black Sea, the US must look to Turkey
Cites: The Geostrategic Importance of the Black Sea Region: A Brief History (2017)
Jul 28, 2022
Cooperation with China: Challenges and opportunities
Cites: https://www.csis.org/east-green-chinas-global-leadership-renewable-energy
Jul 28, 2022
Cooperation with China: Challenges and opportunities
Cites: Productive Competition: A Framework for U.S.-China Engagement on Climate Change (2021)
Jul 25, 2022
Hackers, Hoodies, and Helmets: Technology and the changing face of Russian private military contractors
Cites: https://www.csis.org/blogs/post-soviet-post/band-brothers-wagner-group-and-russian-state
Jul 25, 2022
Hackers, Hoodies, and Helmets: Technology and the changing face of Russian private military contractors
Cites: Russia’s Corporate Soldiers: The Global Expansion of Russia’s Private Military Companies (2021)
Jul 12, 2022
The rise of complex ‘intermediate zones’: the Ukraine War and China’s opportunity and dilemma in the Middle East
Cites: https://www.csis.org/east-green-chinas-global-leadership-renewable-energy
Feb 8, 2022
Global Strategy 2022: Thwarting Kremlin aggression today for constructive relations tomorrow
Cites: The Diversity of Russia’s Military Power (2020)
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